Little Rock Nine, Minnijean expelled, moves to New York!
Roots of the Spirit Podcast
English - February 06, 2020 12:09 - 14 minutes - 20.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsHistory Society & Culture Personal Journals africanamerican history blackhistory civilrightsmovement socialjustice Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Little Rock Nine member, Minnijean Brown was expelled from Central High School in February, 1958 for "verbal retaliation" after 6 months of daily terrorism inside the school. Famed social psychologists, Dr. Kenneth and Mamie Clark invited Minnijean to live with them to finish school in New York at New Lincoln School, a progressive integrated school. She lived with the Clarks in their home in Hastings on Hudson until she graduated from high school. Roots of the Spirit founder, Spirit Tawfiq contacted the current owner of the historic house where they Clarks lived and embarked on a tour led by Minnijean and sat down for an interview to learn about her experience leaving her family in Little Rock to live in New York.
The original interview is available via video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpj-OigWqTM.